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During World War II, Eva Bartok was forced to marry Hungarian officer Géza Kovács; the marriage was annulled after the war on the grounds of coercion of a minor.[2] She had three other marriages, all of which ended in divorce. Her final husband was actor Curd Jürgens (1955–56). Her daughter Deana was born in 1957, shortly after the marriage to Jürgens ended.[3][4] Three decades later, she claimed that Deana's father was actually Frank Sinatra, with whom she had a brief affair in 1956.[5] She also had a publicized affair with David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven for several years.

During the 1950s, Bartok suffered a bout with ovarian cancer. She experienced an allegedly miraculous recovery after being spiritually "opened" into Subud.